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Times Higher Education readers have shown particular interest in global stories, including features on the rise of Singaporean universities and on life as an expatriate scholar in Japan, as well as the inaugural THE Global Gender Index, which exposed the inequalities facing women in higher education worldwide.

Nothing new under the Shakespearean sun? Matthew Reisz reflects on the academic ‘industry’ surrounding the Bard and considers whether fresh editions of his plays do anything to increase our understanding of the man and his works.

Times Higher Education’s annual pay survey shows that with a few exceptions, vice‑chancellors’ remuneration did not rise vertiginously in 2011-12 - a good thing politically. But despite reasonable restraint, are they still paid too much compared with their public and private sector peers? Jack Grove investigates.

The viva, the final hurdle to gaining a PhD, is labour-intensive, not conducted to any national standard and is dreaded by students who fear an examiner will capriciously halt their career. Is it still fit for purpose? asks Elizabeth Gibney.

For postgraduate and international students, the cost of studying in the UK can vary wildly. With new data showing what each university will charge next year, David Matthews assesses the implications of the uneven landscape.

It’s still a man’s world, even in the academy. Times Higher Education’s first Global Gender Index shows startling levels of sexual inequality among staff, despite the decades-long fight for women’s rights. Jack Grove reports.

It’s a pocket battleship in economic terms with an academy growing in stature, but Singapore still faces pressing questions over academic freedom, lack of space and rising ‘anti-foreigner feeling’. David Matthews reports from the Asian city state.

Paul Magrs was flabbergasted when an institution he had left almost a decade before and had not heard from since asked to use his work to demonstrate impact in the REF. Here, he sets down the appropriate response.